Leptochiton linseae Sirenko, 2015, n. sp. ...

• Main Author: Sirenko, Boris
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Polyplacophora; Lepidopleurida; Leptochitonidae; Leptochiton; Leptochiton linseae; Antarctic; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687239; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5687239

Leptochiton linseae n. sp. (Figs 27–29) Types. Holotype ( ZISP 2224), now disarticulated consisting of SEM stub of valves I, V, VIII, part of perinotum and radula, mount of part of perinotum and radula and vial with other valves, and one paratype (ZISP 2225). Type locality. Beagle Channel, RV Victor Hensen, st 1045, 54°51.8’S, 69°55.6’W, 210 m (04.11.1994) Etymology. Named after Dr. Katrin Linse (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, Cambridge, UK), who has made a major contribution to the knowledge of Antarctic mollusks. Material examined. Magellan Strait and Beagle Channel, RV Victor Hensen, st. 888, 53°42.8’S, 70°57.4’W, 104 m, paratype, BL— 3.7 mm, 26.10.1994; st. 1045, 54°51.8’S, 69°55.6’W, 210 m, holotype, BL—4.0 mm, 04.11.1994; RV Hero, st. 402, 53°41’S, 70°24’W, 98-110 m, 4 spms, BL—3.5-4.0 mm, 13.05.1979. Distribution. Magellan Strait and Beagle Channel, 104– 210 m. Diagnosis. Animal minute. Valves moderately elevated, rounded, not beaked. Lateral areas not raised. Tail ... : Published as part of Sirenko, Boris, 2015, Shallow and deep-sea chitons of the genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) from Peruvian and Chilean waters, pp. 151-202 in Zootaxa 4033 (2) on pages 181-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241610 ...